Truck Driver Survives Plunge Into Freezing Ocean In Alaska
Image: Girdwood Fire And Rescue Facebook We’ve got another reminder of just how dangerous over the road truck driving can be. This time it comes by way of the freezing …
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Trucks And SUVs In Death Valley Just Can’t Stop Bursting Into Flames
Firefighters drenching what remains of the delivery truck.Photo: National Park Service A soft-drink delivery truck burst into flames two weeks ago on California State Route 190 within Death Valley National …
Judge refuses to toss lawsuit over 1.25 miles of Richmond railroad alleged to be at risk for derailments
RICHMOND — The largest freight railroad company in the nation may have lost its bid to toss out a lawsuit alleging its 1¼-mile Richmond Rail Connector project was improperly built …
Tech Mogul Mike Lynch Among Those Missing After Tornado Sinks Yacht Off Coast Of Sicily
Tornados are terrifying. Fascinating, yes, but also terrifying. The good news is, though, as long as you’re floating on the water, you should be safe, right? Sadly, that’s not the …
Car Crash Kills Driver 2 Days Later
Photo: Tobias Titz (Getty Images) Car crashes are a fact of life in the United States, and many of them end up fatal for those involved. It’s rarer, however, for …
Stranded Boeing Astronauts Stuck Cleaning Toilets And Rationing Clothes
When NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Boeing’s Starliner craft, they thought they’d spend eight days in orbit camping out and …
Hitting A Police Car Cause You Were Eating Chicken Wings Is No Way To Go Through Life
Photo: John Lamb (Getty Images), Zana Munteanu / 500px Creative (Getty Images) Some foods are just bad to eat while driving. Anything with too much sauce immediately becomes a danger …
Fleet Of 9 Sports Cars Stopped For Allegedly Speeding During Monterey Car Week
Gif: California Highway Patrol / Instagram With car lovers flocking to the Monterey Peninsula for Monterey Car Week, it’s safe to say that drivers should be aware that law enforcement …
Contra Costa County officials respond to Civil Grand Jury report about Community Warning System inefficiencies
MARTINEZ — Chronic issues with Contra Costa County’s Community Warning System (CWS) have sparked fears for years that alerts about wildfires, refinery incidents, earthquakes and other dangers will fail to …
Death Valley Hiker Dying Of Heat Exhaustion Crashes Car After Hike On 119-Degree Day
Image: National Parks Service Peter Hayes Robino, a resident of Los Angeles County, died of heat exposure following a one-mile hike and a subsequent car crash in Death Valley National …